AT-KABUL: The National Security Advisor Haneef Atmar in a visit to Uzbekistan discussed key bilateral issues, including that of economic and peace cooperation with the neighboring country’s security and political officials. In a meeting with Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, NSA Atmar thanked regional countries’ initiatives and efforts, including Tashkent …
Read More »Anger flares as fighting resumes
AT-KABUL: Former president Hamid Karzai has taken umbrage at resumption of fighting between government forces and Taliban militants, a few days after a historic ceasefire ended. He extended sympathy with families of martyrs of recent terrorist attacks and asserted that the glorious ceasefire which was honored during the days of …
Read More »33 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 33 militants have been killed and three others received injures in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Thursday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan …
Read More »Peace convoy calls on Taliban to extend ceasefire
AT-KABUL: The members of the peace convoy who has came from Helmand province on foot to Kabul, asked the Taliban to accept the government’s request for ceasefire extension and extend it for at least one month. These people have set a three-day deadline to give them a positive answer like …
Read More »Religious scholars ask Taliban to extend ceasefire
AT-KABUL: Some religious scholars called on the Taliban militants to extend ceasefire after the group ended the three-day long ceasefire it had declared for the days of the Eid-ul-Fetr. The clerics in a gathering held Wednesday in Kabul, asked the militants to come to the peace talks with the government. …
Read More »Afghan, Saudi officials discuss mechanism help bring peace in Afghanistan
AT-KABUL: National Security Adviser, Haneef Atmar in a telephonic conversation Tuesday with his Saudi counterpart Mohammad Saleh al-Ghafili, discussed the implementation and improvement of the Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, United States and United Arab Emirates cooperation mechanism at the level of national security advisers. The two sides emphasized that the mechanism …
Read More »Political, jihadi leaders agree on national consensus for peace
AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani in a meeting with the political and jihadi leaders including the former president, discussed the ceasefire and other political issues, in which, the leaders expressed support of the ceasefire and agreed with Ghani’s proposal over a national consensus, president office said Tuesday. The political leaders also …
Read More »Closure of registration centers’ undermines election legitimacy
AT-KABUL: Members of parliament say that most of people in the remote rural areas are deprived from the third round of the voter registration process because about 50 per cent of the voter registration centers in those areas are closed and villagers do not have national ID cards. The independent …
Read More »16 drug traffickers arrested
AT-KABUL: As many as 16 drug traffickers, including a woman have been arrested in connection with drug-related crimes in different provinces, authorities said on Tuesday. The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said the counternarcotics police forces detained 16 smugglers, including a woman in different crackdowns in various provinces. …
Read More »Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia air corridor to open soon
AT-KABUL: Boosting expert capacity of public and private sectors, new air corridor for the first time is going to be opened between Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia with first ever Afghan goods cargo to Jeddah next week, official said Tuesday. This is indication of new policy strategy of government at spurring …
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